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手板葫芦

shǒu bǎn hú ludictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lever pulley block
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-61d7dd8c3aa45bf4. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

手板葫蘆 手板葫芦 [shou3 ban3 hu2 lu5] /lever pulley block/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 手板葫蘆

  • 手
    shǒu

    hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]

  • 板
    bǎn

    board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL:塊|块[kuài] / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious / used in 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]

    pàn

    to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

  • 葫
    hú

    used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hú lu]

  • 芦
    lú

    (bound form) reed

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.